The Al-Gburi family arrived at YVR Tuesday after spending two years in a Turkish refugee camp.

Photograph by: Ric Ernst, VANCOUVER SUN

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South Surrey church group welcomes family of eight. The parents and their six children fled violence in Iraq and Syria. The Al-Gburi family arrived at YVR Tuesday after spending two years in a Turkish refugee camp.

The Al-Gburi family arrived at YVR Tuesday after spending two years in a Turkish refugee camp.

Photograph by: Ric Ernst, VANCOUVER SUN

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